magictoaster
Limp Gawd
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I received my Maximus VII Formula yesterday and it all ended rather unexpectedly (to say the least):
http://i.imgur.com/pm0h9ih.jpg <-- Burn marks on the back of the motherboard near the IO/shield.
http://i.imgur.com/q3yXiFQ.jpg <-- Slight discoloration on the back of the motherboard where the mPCIe Combo III connector is mounted.
http://i.imgur.com/MIL6JPw.jpg <-- Burned mPCIe Combo III connector on the motherboard.
http://i.imgur.com/QPWUW2k.jpg <-- Burned pins on the mPCIe Combo III card.
The mPCIe Combo III card and its connector on the motherboard started melting. This happened when I tried to power-up the motherboard with only the CPU and memory installed. I have doubled-checked everything that could explain the issue (that I could think of):
- Motherboard making contact with the case (it did not)
- Superfluous motherboard standoffs making contact with the motherboard (no the case)
- Malfunctioning PSU or defective PSU cables (I tested the PSU with the same cables and everything is working perfectly)
- mPCIe Combo III installed the wrong way (that would be really difficult since it's keyed to only go in only one way)
Luckily the CPU and Memory are working fine (I tested everything with an 'old' G1.Sniper 5 last night just to make sure).
I have requested an RMA from the vendor (NCIX) and they sent the pictures to their vendor relations team for approval. Never had any issues with NCIX so this will hopefully end well (even if the 'vendor relations team for approval' part doesn’t sound encouraging). Any idea what I could have missed that would have cause this?
Edit: Strangest thing is that the board was still powering up and cycling thru the usual boot codes (but it was stalling at debug code 99). I did not try to power-it up again without the mPCIe Combo III card since I was to afraid it would simply catch fire or ruin the CPU and/or memory.
http://i.imgur.com/pm0h9ih.jpg <-- Burn marks on the back of the motherboard near the IO/shield.
http://i.imgur.com/q3yXiFQ.jpg <-- Slight discoloration on the back of the motherboard where the mPCIe Combo III connector is mounted.
http://i.imgur.com/MIL6JPw.jpg <-- Burned mPCIe Combo III connector on the motherboard.
http://i.imgur.com/QPWUW2k.jpg <-- Burned pins on the mPCIe Combo III card.
The mPCIe Combo III card and its connector on the motherboard started melting. This happened when I tried to power-up the motherboard with only the CPU and memory installed. I have doubled-checked everything that could explain the issue (that I could think of):
- Motherboard making contact with the case (it did not)
- Superfluous motherboard standoffs making contact with the motherboard (no the case)
- Malfunctioning PSU or defective PSU cables (I tested the PSU with the same cables and everything is working perfectly)
- mPCIe Combo III installed the wrong way (that would be really difficult since it's keyed to only go in only one way)
Luckily the CPU and Memory are working fine (I tested everything with an 'old' G1.Sniper 5 last night just to make sure).
I have requested an RMA from the vendor (NCIX) and they sent the pictures to their vendor relations team for approval. Never had any issues with NCIX so this will hopefully end well (even if the 'vendor relations team for approval' part doesn’t sound encouraging). Any idea what I could have missed that would have cause this?
Edit: Strangest thing is that the board was still powering up and cycling thru the usual boot codes (but it was stalling at debug code 99). I did not try to power-it up again without the mPCIe Combo III card since I was to afraid it would simply catch fire or ruin the CPU and/or memory.
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